Infinite riches: gems from a lifetime of readingMcGraw-Hill, 1979 - 588 páginas Elizabeth I's last great speech, an account of Marco Polo's return to Venice, and writings by Mencken, Wilde, and Twain are among the selections included in a collection of excerpts that represents Rosten's lifelong love for the printed word |
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... Liberty [means] to be free from restraint and violence from others, which cannot be where there is not law. Freedom is not, as we are told: a liberty for every man to do what he lists. For who could be free, when every other man's humor ...
... Liberty [means] to be free from restraint and violence from others, which cannot be where there is not law. Freedom is not, as we are told: a liberty for every man to do what he lists. For who could be free, when every other man's humor ...
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... liberty, and leads straight to its overthrow. A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom, soon ... liberty? I cannot define it; I can only tell you my own faith. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure ...
... liberty, and leads straight to its overthrow. A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom, soon ... liberty? I cannot define it; I can only tell you my own faith. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure ...
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... liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. — Louis D. BRANDEIS They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The mass of mankind has not been ...
... liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. — Louis D. BRANDEIS They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The mass of mankind has not been ...
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A. J. P. TAYLOR ALBERT EINSTEIN American ARISTOTLE BAMBER GASCOIGNE beauty believe BENJAMIN BERTRAND RUSSELL Capitalism century Chinese Christian civilization Copyright court death democracy dream earth economic enemy England English Essays Europe everything excerpts existence experience eyes face fact faith feel freedom G. K. CHESTERTON GEORGE GEORGE MIKES H. L. MENCKEN hand happy head human ideas imagination JAMES Jews JOHN King knew LASSWELL Lenin LEONARD MOSLEY letter liberty Lincoln live look Lord MARK TWAIN means mind modern moral Napoleon nation nature never night palace passion peace person philosopher political reason religion revolution Roman sense sexual SIGMUND FREUD slave social society speech Stalin talk things THOMAS THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thought tion truth turn Venice VOLTAIRE WINSTON CHURCHILL women words young
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Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |
Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |